Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

The Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), commonly called the High Seas Treaty, entered into force ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

As we reported Thursday, Karl Kaiser, professor of marine and coastal environmental science in the College of Marine Sciences ...

Explore the 25 scariest facts about the deepest oceans! WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS: ►25 Real Images That Will Trigger Your ...

Among details covered in the report, 54 percent of plastic packaging placed on the market by U.S. Plastics Pact members is ...

Sea creatures made from recycled plastic paraded through the streets of Chile's Maipu on Tuesday (January 13) night to raise ...

Scientists have finally solved a decades-old mystery with the first-ever live encounter of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale.

Public Health Watch chronicles, in 13 scenes, a fossil-fuel infrastructure boom that could worsen air pollution in some areas and exacerbate climate change.

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find ...